Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO WHISTLER, AMERICAN; ON LOAN EXHIBIT OF PAINTINGS AT TATE GALLERY, by EZRA POUND Poet's Biography First Line: You also, our first great Last Line: Show us there's chance at least of winning through. Subject(s): Whistler, James Abbott (1834-1903) | ||||||||
You also, our first great, Had tried all ways; Tested and pried and worked in many fashions, And this much gives me heart to play the game. Here is a part that's slight, and part gone wrong, And much of little moment, and some few Perfect as Durer! "In the Studio" and these two portraits, if I had my choice! And then these sketches in the mood of Greece? You had your searches, your uncertainties, And this is good to know -- for us, I mean, Who bear the brunt of our America And try to wrench her impulse into art. You were not always sure, not always set To hiding night or tuning "symphonies"; Had not one style from birth, but tried and pried And stretched and tampered with the media. You and Abe Lincoln from that mass of dolts Show us there's chance at least of winning through. | Discover our poem explanations - click here!Other Poems of Interest...FOR THE SAKE OF RETRIEVAL by LINDA BIERDS FORMALITY AND THE SOUL: 2. JAMES MACNEIL WHISTLER by KARL W. BIGELOW BEFORE THE MIRROR (VERSES WRITTEN UNDER A PICTURE) by ALGERNON CHARLES SWINBURNE |
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